Friday, February 9, 2018

Smart Hack Screenwriting Help To Save Time

By Jose Fisher


Screen scripts, regardless of the story involved or length are labor intensive and time consuming. Surprisingly, some writers seem to have an easy time to the point of producing several scripts in an unbelievable span of time. You can also overcome your challenge of speed by adapting certain screenwriting help secrets as shared by professional writers from experience.

Read your dialogues loudly or say them before writing them down. This helps you to feel whether their flow is natural or labored. If they feel natural and impressive to you, they will have the same impact on your listeners. If the dialogues fail to impress, your listeners will also be disappointed. This trick helps you to achieve a natural flow that makes the script interesting to follow.

Have a deadline for your work. It is normal for human beings to work on any project at the last minute. Writers especially feel creative and able to produce quality work under pressure. When you do not have any pressure like a deadline, the project will remain unwritten forever. Set a deadline, with smaller milestones to help you accelerate towards the deadline.

Listen to movies without watching the drama. This drama prevents you from concentrating on the dialogues. You miss crucial details about the use of words and how they converge to enrich the scene and dialogue. Listen to the flow of words with your eyes closed and the environment free of distraction. This helps you to appreciate different styles and word choices that help you achieve particular goals. Transfer the lessons learned to your script.

Leave a scene unfinished if it proves difficult to connect. Pick a new page and work on another scene. Do not spend all the time and energy on a drama that is not flowing. In the frustration, your creativity will sublime. As you work on a different scene, new ideas will pop up, igniting creativity unconsciously. You will be surprised at the insights that emerge in this silence.

Take a walk or distract your mind a bit before returning to the script. When all the day or long continuous hours are spent pursuing the same idea, the level of creativity diminishes. You will be surprised at the new insights you get when you take your mind off the project for a while. It might even open new scenes you never thought about.

Use a photo collage to develop your story. This is a perfect way to ignite your creativity. Look for a person who looks like the character you are developing and place him on a board in front of you. Get the photo of a scene you are working on and pin it as well. This gives you a more realistic feel of the story you are playing around with.

Plan for activities that keep you under pressure. A fast approaching deadline, better standards, promises to be met and notes from editors, among other elements will keep you thinking of quick and quality solutions. Once the draft is complete, let it lie on the desk for a month or several weeks. This allows the ideas to crystallize. Return to the script for editing. Ongoing editing will only leave you with an incoherent and mutilated script.




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